I am indeed glad to note that the VELS GROUP has reached yet another milestone in its journey of over two-and-a-half decades, by establishing a medical institution, with a mission to develop quality health care professionals and to provide top notch health care services to the rural masses.

Indian healthcare professionals have the advantage of working in a very biologically active region exposing them to treatment regimens of various kinds of conditions. The quality and amount of experience is arguably unmatched in most other countries. Despite limited access to high end diagnostic tools in rural areas, healthcare professions rely on extensive experience in rural areas. However non-availability of diagnostic tools and increasing reluctance of qualified and experienced healthcare professionals to practice in rural, under-equipped and financially less lucrative rural areas is becoming a big challenge.

Realising this need, Mahavir General Hospital was established in the year 2002 in Vikarabad town of Ranga Reddy District (one of the country's 250 most backward districts, then). With the approval for the medical institution from the academic year 2016-17, our vision to provide well qualified medical professionals to meet to the needs of the rural population has finally received the much needed fillip. With the support of the various stakeholders, we hope to realise our dream of making this institution a benchmark for quality healthcare and healthcare professionals in the country.

I hope, the aspiring students, will make the best choice of selecting this institution for the undergraduate (MBBS) Medical Programme. I extend a very warm invitation to join our most distinguished Medical Fraternity here.